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We explore the radial velocity performance benefits of coupling starlight to a fast-scanning interferometer and a fast-readout spectrometer with zero readout noise. By rapidly scanning an interferometer we can decouple wavelength…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-18 Rebecca Jensen-Clem , Philip S. Muirhead , Michael Bottom , J. Kent Wallace , Gautam Vasisht , John Asher Johnson

We present a statistical assessment of both, observed and reported, photometric uncertainties in the OGLE-IV Galactic bulge microlensing survey data. This dataset is widely used for the detection of variable stars, transient objects,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-08 J. Skowron , A. Udalski , S. Kozłowski , M. K. Szymański , P. Mróz , Ł. Wyrzykowski , R. Poleski , P. Pietrukowicz , K. Ulaczyk , M. Pawlak , I. Soszyński

We aim to find missing microlensing planets hidden in the unanalyzed lensing events of previous survey data. For this purpose, we conduct a systematic inspection of high-magnification microlensing events, with peak magnifications $A_{\rm…

KMT-2018-BLG-0029Lb and OGLE-2019-BLG-0960Lb were the lowest mass-ratio microlensing planets at the time of discovery. For both events, microlensing parallax measurements from the Spitzer Space Telescope implied lens systems that were more…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-27 Keming Zhang , Sean K. Terry , Joshua S. Bloom , B. Scott Gaudi , Jessica R. Lu

We report on the first results from a large-scale observing campaign aiming to use astrometric microlensing to detect and place limits on the mass of single objects, including stellar remnants. We used the Hubble Space Telescope to monitor…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-02 Noé Kains , A. Calamida , K. C. Sahu , S. Casertano , J. Anderson , A. Udalski , M. Zoccali , H. Bond , M. Albrow , I. Bond , T. Brown , M. Dominik , C. Fryer , M. Livio , S. Mao , M. Rejkuba

Microlensing can provide a useful tool to probe binary distributions down to low-mass limits of binary companions. In this paper, we analyze the light curves of 8 binary lensing events detected through the channel of high-magnification…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 I. -G. Shin , J. -Y. Choi , S. -Y. Park , C. Han , A. Gould , T. Sumi , A. Udalski , J. -P. Beaulieu , M. Dominik , W. Allen , M. Bos , G. W. Christie , D. L. Depoy , S. Dong , J. Drummond , A. Gal-Yam , B. S. Gaudi , L. -W. Hung , J. Janczak , S. Kaspi , C. -U. Lee , F. Mallia , D. Maoz , A. Maury , J. McCormick , L. A. G. Monard , D. Moorhouse , J. A. Muñoz , T. Natusch , C. Nelson , B. -G. Park , R. W. Pogge , D. Polishook , Y. Shvartzvald , A. Shporer , G. Thornley , J. C. Yee , F. Abe , D. P. Bennett , I. A. Bond , C. S. Botzler , A. Fukui , K. Furusawa , F. Hayashi , J. B. Hearnshaw , S. Hosaka , Y. Itow , K. Kamiya , P. M. Kilmartin , S. Kobara , A. Korpela , W. Lin , C. H. Ling , S. Makita , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , N. Miyake , Y. Muraki , M. Nagaya , K. Nishimoto , K. Ohnishi , T. Okumura , K. Omori , Y. C. Perrott , N. Rattenbury , To. Saito , L. Skuljan , D. J. Sullivan , D. Suzuki , W. L. Sweatman , P. J. Tristram , K. Wada , P. C. M. Yock , M. K. Szymański , M. Kubiak , G. Pietrzyński , I. Soszyński , R. Poleski , K. Ulaczyk , Ł. Wyrzykowski , S. Kozłowski , P. Pietrukowicz , M. D. Albrow , V. Batista , D. M. Bramich , S. Brillant , J. A. R. Caldwell , J. J. Calitz , A. Cassan , A. Cole , K. H. Cook , E. Corrales , Ch. Coutures , S. Dieters , D. Dominis Prester , J. Donatowicz , P. Fouqué , J. Greenhill , M. Hoffman , U. G. Jørgensen , S. R. Kane , D. Kubas , J. -B. Marquette , R. Martin , P. Meintjes , J. Menzies , K. R. Pollard , K. C. Sahu , J. Wambsganss , A. Williams , C. Vinter , M. Zub , A. Allan , P. Browne , K. Horne , C. Snodgrass , I. Steele , R. Street , Y. Tsapras , K. A. Alsubai , V. Bozza , P. Browne , M. J. Burgdorf , S. Calchi Novati , P. Dodds , S. Dreizler , F. Finet , T. Gerner , M. Glitrup , F. Grundahl , S. Hardis , K. Harpsøe , F. V. Hessman , T. C. Hinse , M. Hundertmark , N. Kains , E. Kerins , C. Liebig , G. Maier , L. Mancini , M. Mathiasen , M. T. Penny , S. Proft , S. Rahvar , D. Ricci , G. Scarpetta , S. Schäfer , F. Schönebeck , J. Skottfelt , J. Surdej , J. Southworth , F. Zimmer

Interferometric observations of microlensing events have the potential to provide unique constraints on the physical properties of the lensing systems. In this work, we first present a formalism that closely combines interferometric and…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-09 A. Cassan , C. Ranc

If the Dark Matter consists of primordial black holes (PBHs), we show that gravitational lensing of stars being monitored by NASA's Kepler search for extra-solar planets can cause significant numbers of detectable microlensing events. A…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Kim Griest , Matthew J. Lehner , Agnieszka M. Cieplak , Bhuvnesh Jain

We present the MOA Collaboration light curve data for planetary microlensing event OGLE-2015-BLG-0954, which was previously announced in a paper by the KMTNet and OGLE Collaborations. The MOA data cover the caustic exit, which was not…

The gravitational microlensing light curves that reveal the presence of extrasolar planets generally yield the planet-star mass ratio and separation in units of the Einstein ring radius. The microlensing method does not require the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 David P. Bennett , Jay Anderson , B. Scott Gaudi

I show that the WFIRST microlensing survey will enable detection and precision orbit determination of Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) down to H_=28.2 over an effective area of about 17 sq.deg. Typical fractional period errors will be about 1.5%…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Andrew Gould

We investigate the impact of combining Gaia astrometry from space with precise, high cadence OGLE photometry from the ground. For the archival event OGLE3-ULENS-PAR-02, which is likely a black hole, we simulate a realistic astrometric…

Microlensing event OGLE-2002-BLG-055 is characterized by a smooth, slightly asymmetric single-lens curve with an isolated, secure data point that is ~0.6 magnitudes brighter than neighboring points separated by a few days. It was previously…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 B. Scott Gaudi , Cheongho Han

While microlensing is very rare, occurring on average once per million stars observed, current and near-future surveys are coming online with the capability of providing photometry of almost the entire visible sky to depths up to R ~ 22 mag…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-30 D. Godines , E. Bachelet , G. Narayan , R. A. Street

We present the analysis of OGLE-2016-BLG-0613, for which the lensing light curve appears to be that of a typical binary-lens event with two caustic spikes but with a discontinuous feature on the trough between the spikes. We find that the…

We analyze the extreme high-magnification microlensing event OGLE-2008-BLG-279, which peaked at a maximum magnification of A ~ 1600 on 30 May 2008. The peak of this event exhibits both finite-source effects and terrestrial parallax, from…